1920 FASHION PATTERNS

Cutter's Bizaar: Apparitions of a Fashion Photographer

If you can photograph cattle, you can photograph fashion models. At least that’s what Frank Cutter’s mentor tells him. Learning to shoot action from the back of a horse prepares Frank to get that special shot of a beautiful model, anywhere, anytime, under any circumstance. But Frank has something his mentor doesn’t—as with horses, he can speak to them in their language. They consistently project desire through his lens to the slick pages of fashion magazines.

Cutter’s Bizaar is a story of a Wyoming born cowboy who has a gift for photographing women. His story spans four decades of the modern history of fashion and glamour photography as it became established as the cutting edge of two dimensional art.

If you can photograph cattle, you can photograph fashion models. At least that’s what Frank Cutter’s mentor tells him. Learning to shoot action from the back of a horse prepares Frank to get that special shot of a beautiful model, anywhere, anytime, under any circumstance. But Frank has something his mentor doesn’t—as with horses, he can speak to them in their language. They consistently project desire through his lens to the slick pages of fashion magazines.

Cutter’s Bizaar is a story of a Wyoming born cowboy who has a gift for photographing women. His story spans four decades of the modern history of fashion and glamour photography as it became established as the cutting edge of two dimensional art.

Photographer shooting model, Backstage at Zero+Maria Cornejo Spring 2010 fashion show during New York City Fashion Week; Since 2003, Fashion Week has presented a series of fashion shows multiple times each year in New York City with fine designers from around the world presenting exquisite garments and accessories.

Michael Williams with his photos featured in the New Basics Barbie "look book" at The Mattel Barbie Showroom at the 2010 New York International Toyfair, Jacob Javits Center, New York City, February 14, 2010. (Mandatory Photo Credit by Michael Williams/mawphoto.com for Haute Doll Magazine/hautedoll.com)

Long before their supporting role in Sex and the City, Manolo Blahnik's shoes were legendary—exquisitely detailed, unabashedly luxurious, and impossibly sexy. The epitome of sophistication and taste, they have graced the feet of royalty, supermodels, and movie stars. In these breathtaking pictures by Blahnik's longtime friend, photographer Eric Boman, the shoes take center stage in a dazzling array of intriguing and often lighthearted scenes and settings. A white leather stiletto plays an incriminating role in a suggested crime worthy of Hitchcock. A pale green mule nestles among ferns in homage to Blahnik's recurring botanical themes. The straps of a sandal echo the strands of spaghetti in which it lays entwined. Boman's unerring eye and oddly keen understanding of Blahnik's creations make for spellbinding pictures, full of wit, playfulness, and sole. Elegant allusions to Blahnik's eclectic influences abound—from the cinema to history, from the natural world to art and literature. As covetable as a pair of Manolos, this is a book of consummate creativity, addictive power, and unrivaled individuality: a cult object on a cult designer.

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